CORRECTED-EU wheat steadies after fall, with USDA data in focus

PARIS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - European wheat futures edged higher on Tuesday to recover from a near two-week low, helped by a pause in the euro's gains against the dollar and adjustments by traders before a closely tracked U.S. Department of Agriculture world crop report.

March milling wheat BL2H6 on the Paris-based Euronext exchange was 0.1% up at 189.75 euros ($225.95) a metric ton by 1633 GMT, after touching its lowest since January 28 on Monday.

The euro EUR= ticked down against the dollar after a two-session rally that had pressured Euronext by making European grain more expensive for export. FRX/

Chicago wheat Wv1 was little changed as traders awaited the USDA's monthly world crop report later in the day. GRA/

Brisk recent demand from major importer Egypt remained a market focus.

Reaction to talk of further sales of French wheat to Egypt has been tempered by signs that much larger volumes have been booked from Black Sea countries.

After traders estimated that Egypt imported several hundred thousand tons of Russian wheat in January, there was talk that Egyptian buyers were interested in Russian and Ukrainian wheat this week.

Russian and Ukrainian 11.5% protein wheat were about the same at around $248 a ton cost and freight (c&f) to Egypt for February shipment, compared with French and Romanian at around $249, a German trader said.

Weekly European Union data showed that the bloc had exported 13.43 million tons of soft wheat since the start of the season, up 2% from a year ago, though figures for some EU countries were still incomplete.

In France, the agriculture ministry raised its 2026 sowing estimate for the country's main wheat crop slightly, confirming its expectation of an expanded area compared with last year.

($1 = 0.8398 euros)